Tiw Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Tiw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 123 | 1:239,790 | 13,649 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Tiw (309) may also be a first name.
Tiw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tiw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tiw is more frequently found in Malaysia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tiw? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tiw is the 1,315,412th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Tiw reside; 86 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 73 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Tiw is also the 500,178th most frequent given name worldwide It is held by 309 people.
It is most common in Malaysia, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 239,790. In Malaysia it is mostly concentrated in: Selangor, where 80 percent live, Johor, where 6 percent live and Malacca, where 5 percent live. Apart from Malaysia this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 10 percent live and Taiwan, where 6 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tiw
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